Drill Beats

Drill Beats is a pixel-art rhythm platformer where the level is the song. Five instrument lanes (vocals, guitar, keys, bass and drums) are your floors, a pink playhead sweeps across them in time with the music, and you run, jump and drop from clip to clip, collecting note-coins on the beat.

How it plays

• Run on the beat. The auto-run is locked to the tempo. Jump or riff on the beat for Perfect and Good hits and a growing combo.
• Build the band. Band members join as you progress, lighting up their lane and adding their instrument to the mix.
• Riff the hazards. From level 2, donuts charge up and fire riff sparks: riff them on the beat or jump them. Friendly shapes float on the coin path for bonus points.
• 30 shapes to meet, each with its own behaviour, unlocking two at a time from level 2.
• The master's hands carry spare bars to other lanes, and the music follows the bar. DJ WAX drops in to cut, rewind and warp the track on you.
• Choose your genre and character, pick a difficulty (easy to insane), play with a friend in 2 players, try the daily mix, browse the songbook, or load your own track.

Controls

Space: jump (hold for higher). S: drop to the lane below. L: riff. J: drop a bomb note. Arrow keys: seek. Keyboard, gamepad and touch controls are supported; the in-game Controls screen shows them all.

Good to know

• All music and sound is original chiptune and drill, generated live in your browser. No samples, no real songs, no artist likenesses.
• Click the game once to start so your browser allows sound. Progress, scores and unlocks are saved in your browser under your player name.
• Contains AI-generated code, graphics and sound.